From the Desk Of: Matthew Kressel
Several IMS core and co-sponsored publications have new editors, whose three-year terms start January 1, 2013.
Timo Seppäläinen is the new editor of the Annals of Applied Probability, taking over from Andrew Barbour. Stephen Fienberg is now Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Applied Statistics, taking the reins from…
The IMS has a Facebook page: find us at https://www.facebook.com/IMSTATI. Give us a “like” if you like!…
Last year the Director of the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) at the US National Science Foundation (NSF), Dr. Sastry Pantula, proposed changing the division’s name to the Division of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences. This led to an intense discussion in the community. IMS also collected opinions of members which…
Contributing Editor Peter Bickel writes:
David Blackwell died on July 8, 2010. Since that time there have been a number of celebrations of his life and accomplishments: memorial sessions in Berkeley in October 2010, at the Information Theory and Applications Workshop in San Diego in March 2011, at a conference…
Nominations are invited for the 2013 Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lecture at Harvard School of Public Health.
The annual Myrto Lefkopoulou Distinguished Lecture was initiated in 1993 in memory of Myrto Lefkopoulou, a former beloved faculty member and student in the Department of Biostatistics. Dr. Lefkopoulou tragically died of cancer in…